STAIDNESS Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

staidness

noun

Definition of staidness

as in intentness

a mental state free of jesting or trifling the staidness of the Quaker meeting was surprising to those accustomed to more exuberant services

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Noun

As soon as the bubble moves, the machine is subject to gravity and flow.

— Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
When two stars align almost perfectly from Earth’s perspective, the gravity of the nearer one bends and magnifies the light from the more distant star, acting like a cosmic magnifying glass.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 6 July 2026

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The earnestness of this story just doesn’t work as well when everything is done in such blatantly artificial ways and for obvious pursuit of profit.

— Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 8 July 2026
Despite the seriocomic set-up, as Vibeke gets more unstable, Mengel refuses to play her irrationality for laughs, instead taking the more difficult route of earnestness.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 July 2026

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